Aphra Behn fans campaign for statue of playwright in Canterbury home
Fundraisers say 17th-century author who was first woman to make her living as a professional writer should be celebrated by town Playwright, poet, novelist and spy: Aphra Behn is often referred to as the first ever woman to make her living as a professional writer. And now, a mere three centuries after her death, a committed group of fans are campaigning to get a statue of her erected in her home city of Canterbury. …